Portfolio Category: AXIAL FLOW

WEST CHARLESTON HYDRO

GREAT BAY HYDRO CORPORATION West Charleston, VT In 2004, Great Bay Hydro Corporation acquired four generating facilities in Vermont, including the West Charleston Hydro plant which had been out of operation and abandoned for a number of years. The West Charleston plant was built in the early 1900s and is located on the Clyde River…
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WELLAND CANAL – WEIR 1, 2 AND 3

RANKIN RENEWABLE POWER INC. St. Catharines, ON In 2008, the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation together with Rankin Renewable Power Inc. developed three green energy hydro power projects on the Welland Canal. The new power plants are located at the weirs adjacent to Locks 1, 2 and 3 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. CHC provided…
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TWIN FALLS HYDRO REDEVELOPMENT

WE ENERGIES Iron Mountain, MI Commissioned in the Spring of 2016, this new 9.2 MW powerhouse, located on the Menominee River on the border of Wisconsin and Michigan, houses two vertical 2500 mm axial flow Kaplan turbines with 4600 kW / 240 rpm synchronous generators, hydraulics and unit controls provided by CHC. The new plant…
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SHERMAN ISLAND GENERATING STATION

BROOKFIELD RENEWABLE Corynth, NY In 2004, Brookfield installed a new minimum flow turbine at its Sherman Island hydroelectric power facility, located on the Hudson River in Queensbury, NY. CHC provided a 1250 mm axial flow turbine for the new powerplant with a 1250 kW/514 RPM synchronous generator. The new plant can produce up to 1.25…
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CHC TURBINES AROUND THE GLOBE